Title:
Prestressed Concrete Runway for
Chicago’s O’Hare Airport
Author(s):
E. A. Lamberson
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
4
Issue:
1
Appears on pages(s):
29-32
Keywords:
airports; concrete construction; concrete
pavements; post-tensioning; runways; taxiways.
DOI:
Date:
1/1/1982
Abstract:
A pilot research project was conducted which included the construction of a two-way post-tensioned concrete pavement overlay for a runway at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. This article describes the construction of the new post-tensioned runway and the monitoring of the runway’s performance.*